Alliterative & hence popular term applied to, or adopted by, any group of North Indian (not just Punjabi) males who emulate Afro-Dalit & Afro-Caribbean men. Several N Indian political parties, sports teams, gangs, bands & Bhangra troupes bear this appellation.

The popularity of the name among Indo-Aryan males is based on the Black Panther (emblem of the militant Dalit Panther movement) being a symbol of the Negroid Australoid male, & hence, by extension, of desired 'Madrasi Muscle' & the legendary Shudra Penis. By adopting a major symbol of Dalit masculinity, Caucasoid males seek to re-project themselves in a macrophallic image.

That Shudra Penis Envy is the ultimate reason for Aryan male appropriation of the Dalit Panther emblem is proven by the popularity of Punjabi Panther Condoms (& Panther Penis Amulets) across North India. Thus, Panther is the 2nd most widely used brand in Bengal & the preferred brand for 40% of Himalayans: "The most used brand of condom among the respondents was Number One (61.6%). Other most used brands were Panther (39.2%), Kamasutra (27.8%), Jodi (27.6%), Dhaal (21.2%), & Black Cobra (19.8%)." 'Integr.d Biol. & Behavioral Surveillance Survey among Female Sex Workers, Kathmandu Valley' S M Tuladhar et al. USAid Nepal, Round 3, 2008, p 27.

However, when any attempts at duplicating Shudra physical, athletic or sexual feats fail, the losers are derisively dismissed as 'Punjabi Pink Panthers'.